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Thank you Arunachala!

Arunachala writes and performs a music score for Vedic Odyssey.

Thanks Arunachala for the Vedic Odyssey theme track.

A very special thank you to Arunachala in Melbourne, Australia for writing and performing the "Vedic Odyssey Theme". Now Vedic Odyssey has its own music score for its presentations and a very cool and funky one at that. To hear it visit Arun's new website "Monkbrother.com".

Arun is currently touring and recording with Melbourne based blues guitar legend Lloyd Spiegel. They've just recorded Lloyd's latest album ‘Tangled Brew’ and had a cd launched on July 30th. Check out a couple of tracks from their Tangled Brew album. Congratulations on the cd launch!

Music will be available for sale on Monkbrother.com in the coming weeks.

Arunachala Music Vedic Odyssey theme

Aug 1, 2010

Testimonials from Campers (Hindu youth camp)

Campers share some of what they learned at the SV Temple Hindu youth camp that took place in Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania.
Jul 31, 2010
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We had a great camp!

Campers and teachers gather for a group photo in front of the Sri Venkateswara temple in Pittsburgh. Friends, friends, friends! Raghava and his little sister, Nidhi Farewells on the last day. Question and answer session outdoors with the campers. Classe
Jul 29, 2010
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Classes, Clay Ganeshas & Skits (youth camp)

Head stand during the morning hatha yoga session that begins at 6:45am. Those who come every year to camp can get into the poses very well. The group is divided into two - boys and girls. Easan and Dandapani take turns teaching each group, alternating every day. After hatha
Jul 28, 2010
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Ahimsa and our life (youth camp)

We've been using the book "Dancing with Siva" as our class text book. It was written by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami and published by his Himalayan Academy located at Kauai's Hindu Monastery in Hawaii, USA. In today's class I talked about ahimsa (noninjury). It is defined
Jul 27, 2010
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Temple visits in Pittsburgh (Youth Camp)

Two buses were hired and we all barely squeezed in there for our excursions to temple in the Pittsburgh area. Everyone is dressed in beautiful Indian outfits and looking very elegant. One of the temples we visited is the beautiful Hindu-Jain temple Everyone is happy
Jul 27, 2010
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2010 Kumbha Mela flashback

I was sharing yesterday with a friend some of the photos I had taken at the Kumbha Mela in Haridwar, India, earlier this year and felt inspired to share a few of them on the blog. Over 5 million people gathered on the main bathing day in on the banks of the sacred Ganges riv